Comments on: TSA Changes Its Mind on Security Rules—for Pilots

By: Lolapowers

Lolapowers — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:23:04 +0000

It is not silly fear. It so happens that airplanes and airports are terrorists’s favored targets and it only takes one time for an air disaster to happen. How quickly do we forget 9/11 ! It is not a pleasant experience but a necessary one. I admit it can be finetuned and I am sure that is what will happen. I travel and I want to feel safe in the airplane. I am sure some travelers will actually enjoy it like bigjohn up there and may even travel just to have an orgasmic experience.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:29:49 +0000

There really is no option ‘not to fly’. If I want to see my family for Christmas within my limited vacation time, I have to fly. I can’t afford the several days of driving out there. The fact is, it is far more likely I’m going to get killed by a drunk driver or a texting teen on the road than I am from a terrorist action in the sky. But this fact doesn’t have laws mandating that every teen must submit to a pat down before getting in their car.

It’s a silly fear and a silly reaction. Time for us to get over this fear culture.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:29:49 +0000

Kevin N, how’s that related? Forcing a pilot to go through these security checks isn’t going to make the pilot less likely to crash the plane, or prevent him/her from doing so.

By: Mark Montgomery

Mark Montgomery — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:54:37 +0000

Boycotts are ok but the real weapon we have against the TSA is our choice to not fly. You can get anywhere in the USA in 3 days or less by train and bus: What we should do is to refuse to fly. Until the TSA drops its full-body scans and invasive pat-downs I refuse to fly, PERIOD. Mark Montgomery NYC, NY boboberg@nyc.rr.com

By: ChH

ChH — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:00:12 +0000

… “This one seemed to jump out as a common-sense issue,” said TSA chief John Pistole …

Yeah – that one seemed to jump out at the rest of us many years ago. How stupid do you have to be to wait this long to figure that out?

On a related note … it’s more effective to look for terrorists than weapons. A non-terrorist with an Uzi on a plane is safe. A terrorist who boards a plane with no weapon at all can improvise many ways to bring it down, even if he isn’t the pilot.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:53:18 +0000

Dear John Pistole and Janet Napolitano,
As leaders, in a Federal position, you have issued an unlawful order to your troops. As a veteran, this makes you fully responsible and them responsible for following it. Those are the rules we have to follow in war zones defending the freedoms you are stripping from our families we have left in your care while we fight this war based on lies.
You have issued an unlawful order, against the US Constitution. You both took the same oath I took to defend the Constitution and have abadoned it and that is an act of treason. Those troops under you following your orders will share your shame when you are prosecuted.
TSA employees do not share the shame of your faulted leaders. You are a federal employee and “Following orders” will not be an excuse. When a soldier follows an unlawful order he is just as responsible as the commander issuing it, and disobeying that unlawful order is your duty
Molesting, groping, improper touching of innocent people is not legal and we cannot do it in War Zones to innocent people, so why are you touching my wife and kids I left in your care? Thank you TSA for demoralizing the troops overseas and violating our families we left in your care.

By: Kevin N

Kevin N — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:01:46 +0000

Has everyone forgotten EgyptAir 990? The Egyptian pilot intentionally took the plane down, killing over 200 passengers. He didn’t have a weapon, but this shows that pilots aren’t beyond terrorism.

By: William Bedor

William Bedor — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:00:36 +0000

So does this mean that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) chief John Pistole or Ms. Janet Napolitano or any Senators or Congress are not subjected to these screenubg techniques? How is it that the very officials who create these laws are the very same people are not subjected to them?

By: bigjohn756

bigjohn756 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:29:04 +0000

If I ever fly again(doubtful) I will opt for a feel up which I intend to enjoy to the fullest. My moans of pleasure will be heard throughout the airport as the TSA massages my sex organ. I can hardly wait. Come to think of it, maybe I will fly again…soon. Should I wear a rubber, or let the TSA enjoy my excitement as well?

By: Afterburner

Afterburner — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:15:51 +0000

Americans have a problem with being screened to board an airliner with cosmetic security by a reactive
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Israeli security experts have refused to install these scanners at Ben Gurion International Airport, which is widely hailed as the safest airport in the world. Rafi Sela, the former Chief Security Officer of the Israel Airport Authority, explained he could “overcome the body scanners with enough explosives to take down a Boeing 747.
Any idiot can thwart both the x-ray strip search and the “Enhanced pat-down” simply by internal body packing! Also, one trained dog can do what those machines can not!

6 months later…CNN SPECIAL REPORT>>>>>>>”The new single use sterile rectum cam probes are being utilized as a process to make sure the traveling public is safe,” she said, adding that the probes did not pose health risks and that privacy safeguards have been adopted”.

What is my answer?
Who do the terrorists hate the most?
The Israelis.
Who has a perfect airline security record?
The Israelis.
Who does no routine groping and x-ray strip searches?
The Israelis.
Who profiles more than anyone in the world and has the best intelligence data base?
The Israelis.
Fire Ms. Napolitano and hire Israeli Mossad to manage our airport security.